Abstract

Objective: to evaluate the rationality of the use of intravenous preparations during diarrhea therapy which is limited to the right patient, the right indication, the right drug and the right dose.

Design: the study used descriptive and retrospective design by medical record of the TK II Putri Hijau KESDAM I Bukit Barisan hospital Medan. The criteria taken are patients with diarrhea with bacterial infections in the period of January – December 2018.

Interventions: the intervened variable were the rationality of the use of intravenous preparations during diarrhea with bacterial infections.

Main outcomemeasures: the main measurement in this study were the right patient, the right indication, the right drug and the right dose for diarrhea patients with bacterial infections..

Results: there were 885 diarrhea patients included in the inclusion criteria out of a total of 1,302 patients. Inaccurated of drugs used during diarrhea therapy were ceftriaxonee that overdosed in 36 cases and ciprofloxacin that overdosed by 14 cases.

Conclusion: it could be concluded that the inaccurate use of ceftriaxonee and ciprofloxacin were included in the incorrect criteria of the right dose for patients with diarrhea with bacterial infections.

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